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Venezuela imposes media restrictions, closes radio stations
Region: VenezuelaPer The New York Times, the Venezuelan government is setting new regulations on cable television, while revoking the broadcast licenses of 240 radio stations. Government telecommunications agency head Diosdado ... more
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Iran restores access to Facebook
Region: IranPer Time, the Iranian government has reversed a block on access to social networking Web site Facebook. The news came after rising protests by supporters of pro-reform candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is trying to leve... more
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Israel Bans Journalists From Gaza
Region: Israel
Despite a Supreme Court ruling to allow journalists into Gaza to cover Israel's war on Hamas, Israel has maintained the ban, leading many to say it's trying to manage the war's coverage. There are more than 300 journali... more
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South Ossetian War - What's Next?
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Veronica Khokhlova to Global Voices Online Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced the end of the so-called “peace enforcement” operation yesterday. LJ user varfolomeev66 - Radio Echo of Moscow j... more
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YouTube Blocked in Sudan?
Region: Sudan
Posted by SudaneseDrima to Global Voices Online YouTube has been partially blocked for internet users in Sudan for reasons that are still unknown. Some Sudanese in the country report being able to access YouTube without a... more
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Peruvian Town Faces Off Against Mining Companies
Region: Peru
Posted by Juan Arellano to Global Voices Online Many may have heard of the village of Rancas because Peruvian writer Manuel Scorza wrote about the place in his series of novels “The Silent War,” and pe... more
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Solar Eclipse Embarasses Government Tail in Russia
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Veronica Khokhlova to Global Voices Online Russian photojournalist Oleg Klimov was in the city of Samara on August 1, the day of a total eclipse of the Sun, to meet with representatives of the local opposition. ... more
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Guyanese Bloggers Discover Journalist Ban
Region: Guyana
Posted by Nicholas Laughlin to Global Voices Online Over the last four years, Guyana's People's Progressive Party (PPP) government, headed by President Bharrat Jagdeo , has been criticised for what some observers see as i... more
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No "Go China!" Banners at the Olympics
Region: China
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Those attending the Olympics this year will be subject to the standard rules: no outside food or drinks, no sporting of commercial logos of any kind…but among all thos... more
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Chinese Bloggers Take Stand Against Web Activist's Arrest
Region: China
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arreste... more
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